Moat Measurement Worksheet
A practical worksheet to assess your company's competitive advantages across seven dimensions — based on Hamilton Helmer's Seven Powers framework.
What's inside
- Seven Powers scorecard: Rate your company on Scale Economies, Network Effects, Counter-positioning, Switching Costs, Branding, Cornered Resources, and Process Power
- Guided questions: Specific questions for each dimension to help you think clearly about your position
- Competitive comparison: Space to benchmark against your top 2–3 competitors
- Action items: Identify which moats to strengthen and which to build from scratch
Most companies think they have a competitive advantage. Most are wrong. This worksheet forces you to be honest about where your moat is strong, where it's weak, and where it doesn't exist at all. It's the kind of exercise we run in the Pareto MBA, and now you can do it on your own.
Use it in a leadership meeting, a strategy offsite, or just for your own thinking. The best time to assess your moat is before you need one.
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